Animation is not just for children. That’s certainly true of the five feature films nominated for an Academy Award in the animated category this year, although the two most likely […]
Film
INDIE SCREEN
From Bauhaus to Art House
Modernist filmmakers ride Oscar’s red carpet
Given the state of transphobia and xenophobia today, I’m not sure that having a trans lead in Emilia Pérez who starts out as a Mexican drug cartel boss is going […]
BIG PICTURE
A Moment, Captured or Created
Liam Crivellaro is looking for something under the surface
Liam Crivellaro took his first photos when he was 14 or 15 — he was riding BMX and wanted to document it. He lives in Chatham, but Wellfleet, where he […]
INDIE SCREEN
Gazing at Stars When Times Are a-Changing
Two new prize-worthy films look at an artist and ecology anew
Just who is Bob Dylan? It’s impossible to pin down the man born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minn. in 1941, because his persona as songwriter and performer has always […]
INDIE SCREEN
The Cinematic Art of Forbidden Fruit
Queer and Anora serve up a naughty feast
William S. Burroughs is a familiar figure in the countercultural Beat movement, along with his friends Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. He is also one of the greatest and most […]
THE LIST
Women We’re Watching
Films and shows that put the spotlight on women characters
We have compiled some of our favorite films and TV series, new and old, comfort shows or tension-inducing thrillers, that feature powerful women. Politicians, police chiefs, orchestra conductors, fight clubs, […]
INDIE SCREEN
Passions Swell in Provincetown During High Tide
In Marco Calvani’s new film, the town is faithfully brought to life
At long last, Provincetown has gotten the stylish and thoughtful cinematic representation it deserves. You can forget the trashy and formulaic law-and-order series Hightown and chuck the mean-spirited and woolly […]
FILMMAKER ON THE EDGE
Lonely Are the Brave
Andrew Haigh, director of All of Us Strangers, is coming to Provincetown
Queer cinema has been an important presence at the Provincetown International Film Festival since it began in 1999. Several past Filmmaker on the Edge award winners, such as Christine Vachon […]
FILM FESTIVAL
Joel Kim Booster Knows How the World Works
The winner of PIFF’s Next Wave Award takes superficiality seriously
Joel Kim Booster was squatting on the corner of Carver and Bradford in Provincetown, wearing just a jockstrap. He held his phone to his ear. He had just been at […]
FILM FESTIVAL
Ahmed Ibrahim’s Work Refuses Categorization
The director’s A Chair for Her will premiere at the Provincetown Film Festival
Under the pergola of his friend’s house on Bangs Street in Provincetown, filmmaker Ahmed Ibrahim sits hunched over his MacBook typing an email to his manager. Bo, a border collie-black […]
FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW
A Time for Shots in the Dark
Provincetown gears up for a big-screen celebration
These days, in the world of “theatrical” movies — films screened in theaters — surviving and thriving are challenging at best. That’s certainly true for the Provincetown International Film Festival, […]
INDIE SCREEN
The Pitfalls of Growing Up
Two recent films explore the hurdles facing lost young souls
Southern California teenagers can be a shallow bunch, especially in the movies that are made about them. From the beginnings of the postwar “youth” film — Rebel Without a Cause […]
TURNING POINT
Tearing Meaning From a ‘River of Grass’
Sasha Wortzel traces the shoreline from the Everglades to Provincetown
Sasha Wortzel says that her current work in film, photography, and printmaking is a form of kriah, the Hebrew word for “tearing” that refers to the Jewish practice of rending […]
ICONS
Looking at Candy Darling
A new biography reveals the loneliness of the Warhol superstar
Candy Darling’s face could not be forgotten. It glued itself to the minds of the auteurs of late ’60s New York, her beauty playing out ad infinitum in their songs, […]
INDIE SCREEN
Craziness in the Eye of the Moviegoer
In three new films, protagonists face a world stacked against them
It was an inspired choice when the Provincetown International Film Festival’s gave Julio Torres, the writer-director-star of a fanciful new comedy, Problemista, one of its Next Wave awards last June. […]
